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sustentation
[ suhs-tuhn-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- maintenance in being or activity; the sustaining of life through vital processes.
- provision with means or funds for upkeep.
- means of sustaining life; sustenance.
sustentation
/ ˌsʌstɛnˈteɪʃən /
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- susten·tation·al adjective
- sus·ten·ta·tive [suhs, -t, uh, n-tey-tiv, s, uh, -, sten, -t, uh, -tiv], adjective
- self-susten·tation noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sustentation1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sustentation1
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Example Sentences
Interest as connected with the sustentation of a certain mode of social life.
For this civilisation makes no provision excepting temporary sustentation in hospitals, workhouses or prisons.
And so all things appertaining to the sustentation of man, in triple and more exceeded their accustomed prices.
There are two funds: one subscribed expressly for the building of churches, the other limited to the "sustentation" of incumbents.
The prolonged, delicate, exquisite sustentation of the pictorial tone seems to me a marvel of ingenuity and fancy.
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